Clabough has authored many books and essays on Southern and Appalachian writers. His mixed-genre, non-fiction book “The Warriors Path: Reflections Along an Ancient Path” has earned praise from some of the genre’s most celebrated authors, including former Virginia Poet Laureate George Garrett. Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Fred Chappell calls the book “solid, durable and entrancing.”

Clabough earned an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary before moving south to pursue graduate studies under the writer James Dickey at the University of South Carolina. After Dickey died during Clabough’s first year in Columbia, Clabough stayed there and earned his doctorate writing a dissertation on Dickey’s fiction that would later be published as his first book. His scholarly books include “Experimentation and Versatility: The Early Novels and Short Fiction of Fred Chappell,” “The Art of the Magic Striptease: The Literary Layers of George Garrett” and “Liberating Voice: The Art of Gayl Jones.” 

Clabough serves as English graduate coordinator at Lynchburg College, literature editor of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities’ “Encyclopedia Virginia,” and is currently conducting research for a book about Virginia literature.

The Mountain Heritage Center and Ron Rash, WCU’s Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Culture, sponsor the lunchtime series. The programs are designed to accommodate the lunchtime hour, as guests are encouraged to bring their lunch. They include a 30-minute presentation and an opportunity for visitors to meet the presenter.

The center is located on the ground floor of WCU’s H.F. Robinson Administration Building. For more information, call the Mountain Heritage Center at (828) 227-7129.

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